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  Pomeranian
Pomeranian Evangelical Church The Pomeranian Evangelical Church (abbr.
Pomeranian language Pomeranian (German Pommersch) is an dialect.
It is the language of the German Pomeranians in western...
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The city was developing quickly as one of the more important economic centres of Pomeranian Duchy, and this was strengthened by the priviledge of Lubeck law granted to the city by duke Boguslaw IV in 1299.Ih 14th century Bialogards was a member of the Hanse trading union.
In 1724 Bialogard was made the capital of a county in the Pomeranian Province of the Prussian state, and after the administration reorganization in 1815, the capital county in Koszalin Dictrict(Hinterpommern) of Pomerania.
As a result of WWII Bialogard fell to Poland in 1945 and was made a county city in the Szczecin Voivodship, later Koszalin Voivodship, and now it is located in Western Pomeranian Voivodship.
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 Bialogard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The city was developing quickly as one of the more important economic centres of Pomeranian Duchy, and this was strengthened by the privilege of Lubeck law granted to the city by duke Boguslaw IV in 1299.Ih 14th century Bialogards was a member of the Hanse trading union.
In 1724 Białogard was made the capital of a county in the Pomeranian Province of the Prussian state, and after the administration reorganization in 1815, the capital county in Koszalin Dictrict(Hinterpommern) of Pomerania.
As a result of WWII Białogard fell to Poland in 1945 and was made a county city in the Szczecin Voivodship, later Koszalin Voivodship, and now it is located in Western Pomeranian Voivodship.
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 Białogard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Capital of Białogard County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1998).
According to the archaeologists the Białogard stronghold was built in the fork of Parsęta and Leśnica rivers as early as 8th century.
In 1724 Białogard was made the capital of a county in the Pomeranian Province of the Prussian state, and after the administration reorganization in 1815, the capital county in Koszalin Dictrict (Hinterpommern) of Pomerania.
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 Engineering Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In place of the three-level administrative division (voivodship, county, commune), a new two-level administrative division was introduced (49 small voivodships and communes).
The three smallest voivodships -- Warsaw, Cracow and Lodz -- had the special status of municipal voivodship; the city president (mayor) was also provincial governor.
In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona Góra - previously part of Poznań;, Wrocław and Szczecin voivodships.
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 Pomeranian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pomeranian is a group of Lechitic dialects which were spoken in the Middle Ages on the territory of Pomerania, between the Odra and Vistula rivers.
The only living descendant of Pomeranian is the Kashubian language spoken in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodship), so these two names can be treated nowadays as synonyms.
Friedrich Lorentz assumes, that at least the dialects of the Kociewiacy and Borowiacy were originally Pomeranian, but became polonized due to Polish colonization of their territories.
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 pomeranian_voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Pomorskie (Pomeranian) Voivodship The Pomeranian (Pomorskie) voivodship ranks 8 th in Poland, for its size and population.
is the sixth-largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship.
of Gdansk is a voivodship level public agency of the local government of the Pomeranian Voivodship, whose responsibilities include: Responsibilities Responsibilities of the...
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 Szczecin - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is also the capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodship.
Another stronghold of the Pomeranians was built in the 8th century at the ford of the Oder river.
After their extinction Szczecin fell to Sweden till 1720 (despite the Polish protests), then to Prussia, from 1870 part of the nation-state Germany, until 1945, when it was occupied by the Red Army and annexed to Poland, while its original inhabitants were expelled and the city colonized with Poles.
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 Silesian Voivodship [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Silesian voivodship lies in the south of Poland and is bordered by the Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
LubuszThe Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the western part of Poland.
LublinLublin (pronounce: ['lublin]) is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004)....
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 Szczecin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Till the 1630s it was the capital of the Polish Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the Slavonic Griffin dynasty.
It was rebuilt and made a major industrial centre, the capital of Szczecin Voivodship.
Since 1999 Szczecin is the capital of Western Pomeranian Voivodship.
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 Lubusz Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the western part of Poland.
It borders with the West Pomeranian (Zachodniopomorskie), Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie) and Lower Silesian (Dolnoslaskie) voivodships.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Zielona Gora and Gorzow Wielkopolski voivodships as a result of Local Goverment Reogranization Act of 1998.
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 Poland - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Poland's borders shifted westwards; pushing the eastern border to the Curzon line and the western border to the Oder-Neisse line.
The Ombudsman has the duty of guarding the observance and implementation of the rights and liberties of the human being and of the citizen, the law and principles of community life and social justice.
The Polish landscape consists almost entirely of the lowlands of the North European Plain, at an average height of 173 metres, though the Sudetes (including the Karkonosze) and the Carpathian Mountains (including the Tatra mountains, where one also finds Poland's highest point, Rysy, at 2,499 m.) form the southern border.
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 West Pomeranian Voivodship
The Western Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo zachodniopomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the northwestern part of Poland.
It borders with the Lubusz[?] (Lubuskie), Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie) and Pomeranian (Pomorskie) voivodships.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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Pomerania (Pomeranian/Kashubian: Pòmòrze, Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania,) is the historical region on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea centered around the mouth of River Oder on the present-day border between Poland and Germany, reaching from River Reknitz in the west to River Vistula in the east.
At this point of time it was settled by Lechitic Pomeranians, that had to constantly defend themselves from the Viking raids.
As Zbigniew was allied to Pomeranians, Boleslaus brought warriors to Pomerania and captured Belgard, Koeslin, Cammin and Wollin.
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 Pomerania - InformationBlast
Canute was the son of sea-king Sweyn Forkbeard, also reputed to be a member of the Jomsburg Vikings, a military organisation of mercenary warriors with a fortress based in Pomerania.
As Zbigniew was allied to Pomeranians, Boleslaus brought warriors to Pomerania and captured Bialogard, Koszalin, Kamien Pomorski and Wolin.
Western Pomerania with Kamien, Kolobrzeg and Bialogard were made a Polish fief ruled by duke Warcislaw I. czecin and Wolin were semi-independent city-republics being Polish fiefs.
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 Lodz Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lodz voivodship (1999-) (Polish województwo łódzkie, an administrative and local government region in central Poland created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lodz (2), Sieradz, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Skierniewice and partly Plock voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998.
Lodz Voivodship (2) (Polish: województwo łódzkie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945-1975.
Lodz Voivodship (4) (Polish: województwo łódzkie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland (Second Polish Republic) in years 1921-1939.
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 Articles - History of Pomerania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
From ca 500 CE, the region was inhabited by various tribes known collectively as Pomeranians and Polabians, part of the Lechitic group of the West Slavs.
The Pomeranian bishopric was moved to safer Kruszwica in Cuiavia (ca 1015.
Middle Pomerania, including Slupsk and Slawno, was made a Polish fief under the Pomeranian duke Racibor I. Western Pomerania, including Kamien, Kolobrzeg, and Bialogard, was made a Polish fief ruled by duke Warcislaw I. czecin and Wolin were semi-independent city-republics governed as Polish fiefs.
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 Bialogard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The city was developing quickly as one of the more important economic centres of Pomeranian Duchy, and this was strengthenedby the privilege of Lubeck law granted to the city by duke BoguslawIV in 1299.Ih 14th century Bialogards was a member of the Hanse trading union.
In 1724 Białogard was made the capital of a county in the Pomeranian Province of thePrussian state, and after the administration reorganization in 1815, the capital county in KoszalinDictrict (Hinterpommern) of Pomerania.
As a result of WWII Białogard fell to Poland in 1945 and was made a county city in the SzczecinVoivodship, later Koszalin Voivodship, and now it islocated in Western PomeranianVoivodship.
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 Lubusz Voivodship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwolubuskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the western part of Poland.
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Zielona Gora and Gorzow Wielkopolski voivodships as aresult of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lubusz Land (also Lebus Land or Lubus Land), a medieval Polish province.However, its borders include also parts of Silesia and Great Poland.
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Till the 1630s Stettin was the capital of the Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the Slavonic Griffin dynasty, of Slavic origins.
After their extinction Stettin, along with the rest of western Pomerania, was granted to Sweden at the Peace of Westphalia, despite the protests of the Elector of Brandenburg, who had a legal claim to inherit all of Pomerania.
The city's German inhabitants either escaped or were transferred to Germany, and the city was colonized with Poles, mainly from Poznan area.
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 Ustka article - Ustka Polish German Middle Pomerania Poland Pomeranian Voivodship - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ii is also part of Slupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Slupsk Voivodship (1975-1998).
The eastern part is older and is currently focusing most of the tourist traffic.
However, an extremely costly beach maintanance makes the western part more and more popular.
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 Ustka [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ii is also part of Slupsk County in Pomeranian VoivodshipThe Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania....
[click for more] since 1999, previously in Slupsk Voivodship Slupsk Voivodship - (Polish: województwo słupskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, previously part of Szczecin Voivodship (1945-1950) and Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1975), superseded by Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999)....
Popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the BalticThe Baltic Sea is in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of east and central Europe, and the Danish islands.
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 ipedia.com: Torun Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
One of the capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, previously capital of Toru Voivodship; and the Pomeranian...
One of the capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Toruń; Voivodship; (1975-1998) and the Pomeranian Voivodship (1921-1939), the city is near the Geographic Center of Europe.
Toruń; was a small settlement in Chelmno Land (Ziemia Chelminska), a western part of Mazovia.
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 Kashubian language . Oder River . Pomerania . Pomeranians . Slavic languages . Kashubians . Pomeranian Voivodship
It begins in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming the northern 187 km of the border...
They are the direct descendants of an early Slavic tribe of Pomeranians, who took their name from the fact that they settled down in Pomerania from Slavic: Pomor e - the land along the sea.
It is believed that the ancestors of the Kashubians came into the...
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 Pomeranian in South Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Breeders Dog Pomeranian At PuppySites.Com Demi's Shih Tzu - Showhome in South Carolina with AKC Shih Tzu and pomeranian - Diana's Pom Palace - Hobby breeder of the - (North Carolina) Pomeranians.
HeraldOnline His dog is a Pomeranian the 1986 rusty a muffin and the of color of radiator - leaking from a size Lincoln.
Pomeranian - Pennsylvania, Pomeranian the South Carolina, South Dakota - is Rhode originated from Pomerania in Island, Baltics and The the smallest member of the -
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